derrick
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Depends on how i feel on the day, plus the weather, do a lot of 24 to 30 mile rides, but plenty of longer ones, riding in a group or with friends helps with the longer rides.
I'm sorry to hear that, no advice, just sorry to hear that.I used to do 40 to 50 mile rides before I bust my collar bone but since then I've lost a lot of muscle in my shoulders so I find about 2 hours or 25 to 30 miles my optimum now before it becomes an actual pain.
At the moment the mojo is low due to depression and I'm riding very little. Hard to believe I've done 60, 80 and 100 mile sportive events in the last few years.
I really miss my normal cafe stop. Doesn't seem the same somehow.Blimey everybody is cycling less.
I guess not having the target of a nice cafe or pub stop puts a dampener on it too.
Indeed. However it's not only that. I usually do my longer rides with friends with a halfway stop at a cafe or pub. With not being able to cycle with friends it can make long rides a chore. Me not being one to enjoy solo cycling much as I get bored of my own company.Blimey everybody is cycling less.
I guess not having the target of a nice cafe or pub stop puts a dampener on it too.
Reading the posts from you lovely people, I noticed that most of you do regular rides of 40 miles plus and it is giving me a bit of a complex as the majority of my rides are under 30 miles. I have the time to do longer rides but after a while, I feel it is time to head back home and I do. It always happens within 2 hours of riding.
When I go over 30 miles , it is when I set my mind to go to a specific place which I know will take me past that mark but it isn't often.
When you set off, do you know in advance where you are going to go and how long you are going for?
When I was doing one of my first few 200 km audax rides I got chatting to an experienced audax rider. I asked if he was enjoying his day out and he sighed, shook his head, and said that he was a bit bored! I asked if he found those rides too long. He replied that it was quite the opposite - what was the point of doing a mere 200 kms, which was clearly no challenge whatsoever to him. A '400', '600' or longer ride, now they were worth making the effort for!On the rare occasions I've been over 100 miles, I've found it increasingly very draining and not much fun. How people enjoy long distance Audax is a mystery to me.